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7 out of 7 people found the following review useful:The best documentary ever produced on WW I, 31 October 2010

This movie is one of the only reasons I finally broke down and bought a
VHS-DVD dubbing recorder. Bar none, it is the best documentary ever
produced on World War I. And I've been worried the VHS tape would
dry-rot and crinkle and prevent my future enjoyment of this
masterpiece.

From the all-star cast for the voice-over work to the beautifully
restored vintage video to its hauntingly eerie soundtrack to its
historically exacting accuracy and insightful commentary, there is
absolutely nothing negative I can say about this documentary other than
it's a shame it's not out on DVD, in the classrooms and libraries and
available for future generations.

If you're lucky, you'll find a vintage VHS copy on one of the auction
sites but be prepared to pay for the privilege of ownership. I've seen
used sets sell for $300 and more. But, honestly, it would be worth the
price in either the 4 2-hour tape or the 8 1-hour tape versions.

0 out of 3 people found the following review useful:What a piece of junk!, 23 February 2005

This movie is a perfectly good waste of videotape. A better use would
be to take that videotape and strangle the producer of this piece of
junk.

I picked this movie up for .99 at a video store closeout and it was .99
too much! What is it about Germans that they have to produce such weird
freaking films? I'm swearing off schnapps!

It's a biopic about some European siren whose claim to fame is that she
dances nude, which causes a scandal for her art! The U.S. has biopics
about strippers, "Blaze," being one. But "Blaze" had not only a more
encompassing storyline, regarding Louisiana Governor Earl K. Long, but
also Paul Newman in the role of Earl K.

I gave this movie 2 stars for several reasons: 1. When I voted, no one
had yet given it two stars, but one person had given it one star. I
follow no one's lead! 2. It's got some nudity. Where else can you get
soft-porn video for .99? 3. I expect to hold onto it and sell it to
some effete Eurotrash film snob on eBay for wads of cash. I can't
believe it made it to video. It's got to be out of print.

16 out of 17 people found the following review useful:A fine, funny movie, 14 July 2004

This was a fine, funny, tongue-in-cheek spoof of early television space
shows. Its only drawback is that this movie never made it to
serialization or video/DVD to be enjoyed by others.

This movie pilot debuted before "Galaxy Quest" but is the same premise.
A distant planet is in trouble. A young scientist picks up TV video
signals from Earth and sees stage-managed heroic exploits of Captain
Zoom on a children's TV show. He believes the heroics to be real. The
young scientist snags the egotistical actor with some kind of space
transport tractor beam, and beams the actor who was playing Captain
Zoom to the besieged planet to aid its inhabitants.

This movie is light-hearted and features some good performances by the
sexy and funny Gia Carides as Vesper, Dan Riordan in the title role,
Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura of Star Trek fame)as Sagan and Ron Perlman
as Lord Vox aka "The Bad Guy."

I'm sorry MCA didn't put more money into promoting this film. It had an
unpolished gem on its hands. But perhaps, with thinking like that, it's
the reason MCA is now owned by Universal, and not the other way around.